Woman found dead on Washington Park street

November 14, 2010

The body of an unidentified woman was found on a Washington Park neighborhood street this morning on the South Side, Chicago police said.

The Cook County medical examiner's office said the woman, believed to be in her 30s, is a trauma victim. But police were categorizing the case as a death investigation and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday.

Police responded to a call of a person down about 7:40 a.m. in the 5300 block of South Michigan Avenue, where they found the body, police said.